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- OBJECT TYPE
- compound/binocular
- DATE
- 1870–1872
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0181.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ross
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3761
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 30
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN STORAGE BOX WITH FELT LINING; BRASS MICROSCOPE AND MOST PARTS BUT SMALL AMOUNTS OF OTHER METALS AS WELL; GLASS LENSES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.5 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 31.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Light & electromagnetic radiation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ross
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- FROM THE 1870S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE. ALTHOUGH ACQUIRED FROM A GOIVERNMENT AGENCY, THE USE / ON WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT CLEAR. - Function
-
USED TO INSPECT OBJECTS TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN OR TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN DISTINCTLY AND IN DETAIL BY THE NAKED EYE. - Technical
-
THE MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS OF LONDON WEREBY THE MID-19THC THE MOST HIGHLY SKILLED IN THE WORLD, WITH ANDREW ROSS (1798-1859) BEING ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE EARLIEST BRITISH MANUFACTURERS OF CAMERA LENSES. HE STARTED NUMBERING MICROSCOPES IN 1842 -THE MKGS ON THIS ONE INDICATE A DATE AFTER 1860 [REF 2]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON BASE: 'ROSS/ London/ 3761'/ ON BASE OF BINOCULARS: 'WENHAM'S BINOCULAR/ by Ross London'/ SCRATCHED ON BASE: 'L350'
- Missing
- PARTS OF BOX ARE BROKEN
- Finish
- METAL LACQUERED/ BOX: WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED; GREEN FELT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ross, Microscope, between 1870–1872, Artifact no. 1997.0181, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0181.001/
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